Leynar
Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
62°6′58″N 7°02′21″W / 62.11611°N 7.03917°W / 62.11611; -7.03917 (March 2023)[1]
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Leynar (Danish: Lejnum) is a village in the Faroe Islands, a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark.
The village is situated on the western coast of the island of Streymoy in the municipality of Kvívíkar. It has a population of 116 (March 2023). Leynar is the birthplace of Faroese actor Sverri Egholm (1930–2001) and domicile of the poet Guðrið Helmsdal.
See also
External links
- A Danish website including photographs of Leynar
References
- ^ Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
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